Love of Dora wasn't part of the plan

4:30 PM,
Oct. 29, 2013

Written by

Rachel Barney
Having Her Say

It started with a book. On our weekly trip to the library, I randomly grabbed a Dora The Explorer book off the shelf and added it to our large stack of books we'd work our way through during the next seven days.

Or perhaps it started with our enthusiastic reading of the book, which was so animated that it had our daughter, Allison, enthralled as we turned the pages. The book was cute, with brightly colored pages and characters that, though unfamiliar to us, were likeable enough.

Then we checked out another Dora The Explorer book and we read it so many times I began contemplating hiding it. ...